From: Randal L. Schwartz <merlyn@stonehenge.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 01:07:30 GMT
Subject: Re: Reduced privileges install
Message-ID: <86k4mhfcj1.fsf@red.stonehenge.com>
In-Reply-To: <325786BC-5F54-47B5-AEF5-7FDAD9BEA4BA@kellerfarm.com>

>>>>> "Andrew" == Andrew Keller <andrew@kellerfarm.com> writes:

Andrew> Because I do not own the server and my account has restricted
Andrew> privileges, I attempted to augment my PATH to include a
Andrew> directory in my home folder, and then install git in there by
Andrew> specifying a prefix at the configure stage.  The configure and
Andrew> the make work, but the make install fails.  Here's the last
Andrew> section of the log:

What's your PREFIX set to?  If you set your prefix, the Perl modules are
installed below the prefix, not in the system dirs.

Andrew> $ make install

Yeah, I don't see a prefix here, unless you set it in your Makefile.

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